Slow..

Ive been slow with posting recently, with exams and also the computer here going down and taking me a while to figure out why we werent connecting to the internet etc. Now everythings up and running again. No Ms Office though as my cd doesnt wanna work so we are trying out Openoffice. to be honest i dont really like this program much, True i like office alot but not because its from Microsoft but just because its easier to use and everyone is familiar with it. I`m going to try to get a hold of a copy of Office 2003 if i can as its banging!!

I have been trying out ranking games with my students the last week or so, mostly with my MEC2 group. The other day one of my TN7 groups wanted to try out this game too, the vocabulary is different as its not for their level or ages but we tried it anyway. Man they were really good, once they god the vocab all sorted out they had 20mins to dicuss in their groups and come up with their answers and reasons for their choices. They wre trying to decide from a list of girl which one would be sacrificed to the gods. Each girl has good and bad points including a retarded person and a girl who had rich parents who tried to use their money to save their daughter from being slaughtered. Not really a game for squeamish students hahaha! When they had finished they presented their answers and reasons for their choices and they were excellent, well thought out and they had used dictionaries and stuff to make their answers the best they could within the time limits. After they had spoken they started to discuss between the two groups why they thought each other was wrong, i wish we had more time left in this lesson as this spontaneous discussion sort of caught me by surprise and i would have liked to have carried it on further. So well done to my TN7 (Tues-Thurs) for your excellent work hehehe!

This afternoon i am supposed to watch a film with my group, i have no idea which one we are going to watch yet though, I have a copy of the Nicolas Cage film, National Treasure which i think i will bring as it would be a good choice for them as they are youngsters.

We are using XP here as i dont like Windows2000 and its alot easier for me to set everything up. The school had a contract with a guy to come fix things but i decided i would do it myself as he never turned up. Probably stalling to get more money from the school i guess. I had a bit of a problem with the internet config but was determined not to pay some loser and soon figured out when was wrong. It has alot of features to make it easier for everyone to use too, Win2000 is just good for an office and not a school lab where multimedia if a def priority hahaha!

I`d better go and eat as i am running out of time before i have to call Roberta!!